Zhang Ronghui is the Ruan Principal of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), President of Ruanxian Association of Singapore, Artistic Director of Ruanxian Ensemble (Singapore), council of Singapore Chinese Music Federation and honorary member of China Nationalities Orchestra Society Professional Ruan Committee.
Zhang Ronghui studied under the tutelage of guzheng master, Gao Zhicheng. In 1985, she was admitted into the China Xi’an Conservatory of Music Affiliated High School, where she majored in ruan and minored in piano under the tutelage of Ning Yong. In 1991, she entered the China Conservatory Instrumental Department with outstanding academic results and received tutelage from Miao Xiaoyun, Zhang Xinhua in ruan and liuqin.
During her schooling period, she collaborated with numerous broadcasting and video production companies, and was invited by CCTV to record her first solo ruan music video, Praise of Water. She also followed master Liu Dehai to represent the China Conservatory of Music to perform in Hong Kong Culture and Art Festival. Ronghui graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from China Conservatory of Music in 1995, and was employed by the China Song and Dance Ensemble. She was awarded first prize in ruan section during a Professional Technical Assessment conducted by China’s Ministry of Culture. She also taught at the China Conservatory of Music Affiliated High School.
She has been a musician with SCO since 1997 and performed in countries such as Japan, Beijing, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ronghui’s performing style is pure and beautiful, emotionally rich and full of vibrance.
She was also invited as a guest speaker by the National Arts Council of Singapore, Esplanade and Singapore Raffles Music College, and received numerous interviews by Radio 95.8FM, Lianhe Zaobao, Straits Times and Oral History of National Archives of Singapore.
In her years as a professional musician, she has been active in the education and promotion of ruan and guzheng, and has helped nurture ruan musicians in Singapore, many of whom achieved excellent results in instrumental music competitions nationally and internationally, and went on to become professional musicians in local and overseas professional orchestras.